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Cedar Rapids Gazette: Iowa’s trouble with brain drain — the departure of college graduates to other states — is not a new issue, but a recent report illustrates just how poorly Iowa ranks among U.S. states. …
First Interstate Bank announced it is raising the minimum hourly wage for all employees from $15 to $17 an hour, representing a pay boost for 64% of its workers, the Corridor Business Journal reported. The compensation changes …
Des Moines Register: A 40-foot-long DART bus has been transformed into a new Salvation Army mobile social service center aimed to reach people in need across four counties in Central Iowa. The bus was unveiled Thursday. …
Axios Des Moines: Traffic fatalities have steadily risen in Iowa since 2020 and preliminary estimates from the first quarter of 2022 show they’re not slowing down. Around 69 Iowans died in car accidents during the first …
Corridor Business Journal: Nordstrom plans to lay off more than 200 workers at its warehouse and distribution center in southwest Cedar Rapids, according to an Iowa Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act Notification (WARN) online announcement. According …
Axios Des Moines: Homes would remain “affordable forever” under an idea being discussed among Polk County officials to buy and permanently own land used for low-income housing. Advocates contend that creating a community land trust could …
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Representatives of Ingredion and the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union Local 100G — now in its seventh week of a strike against the manufacturer’s Cedar Rapids facility — were …
Axios Des Moines: A nightlife management firm has been hired to help resolve crime and other social problems that plague Des Moines’ Court Avenue entertainment district. The Greater Des Moines Partnership and the Polk County and …
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Archer Daniels Midland Co. and PepsiCo are partnering to expand regenerative agriculture practices across 2 million acres of cropland by 2030. Efforts in Iowa will focus around Cedar Rapids and Clinton, where ADM’s …
Iowa’s rural economy improved in September behind strong growth in agricultural exports, according to a monthly survey of bank managers. Creighton University’s Rural Mainstreet Index showed that the index score for Iowa increased to 48, up from …
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